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What is this old 1/16" thick floor-covering, and how do I remove it?
We recently pulled up the carpet in our bedroom, and found this gray covering over the wood subfloor, which seems to be adhered to the wood with a black adhesive (some previous owner scraped away ...
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What type of clothing is required when working around asbestos?
I find myself exploring environments rich in Asbestos, the specific type of asbestos appears to be both pipes and potentially the cladding around them (steam pipes etc), occasionally broken sheets as ...
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How can I seal the edges of a linoleum floor that possibly contains asbestos?
The linoleum floor in my kitchen was installed extremely poorly (long before I started renting the apartment). Many of the edges are curling and in some places, it was not cut to the correct size and ...
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Must I remove asbestos from my heating vents?
I've got an old house with some asbestos tape on the heating vents, and some old floor tiles which are asbestos suspects as well; duct cleaning firms won't do cleaning on the vents with the tape ...
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Is this asbestos in my ceiling drywall?
While looking through a hole in the drywall, I saw this...
Is this asbestos?
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How can I determine if there is asbestos in something?
I pulled up some old flooring. Underneath there is material that looks like paper, maybe fabric, that is glued to the hardwood below. I would like to refinish the hardwood. Is there an easy way to ...
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Laying Tile Over Asbestos Floor Tile
In my laundry room, I've got asbestos floor tile. (The house was built in 1967.) The tile is laid on the concrete slab. Is it possible to lay ceramic penny tile over the asbestos tile if I put down ...
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In a Concrete and steel building, how do I jack up my basement apartment and isolate it from the rest of the building?
I am living in a concrete and steel apartment building in Saint Louis, MO. The walls and floors of the first floor (read basement) are falling because they were built on the dirt in the basement ...
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Is this material asbestos?
It looks like some form of insulation with a cardboard backing. The previous tenant in the apartment said he found a stack of this material in the basement and used it to insulate around a window ac ...
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Should a tenant be relocated while asbestos is removed from the ceiling?
I would really appreciate your advice, or if you are unable to give it can you please who can give me impartial advice. I own a property which a few weeks ago had a leak. The plumber cut one hole in ...
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I might have accidentally vacuumed asbestos. Is the vacuum ruined now?
If an ordinary shop vacuum has sucked up asbestos, should it be considered unsafe after that and thrown away?
I don't know if this is the right kind of question for this site but I thought I would ...
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Could there be asbestos in the thick brown paper / card backing above my popcorn ceiling?
I have sent away the popcorn ceiling samples for testing, but didn't tear out any of the brown paperish backing above it. Should I have?
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What dangers are there with disturbed asbestos drywall?
We had A repipe job done on our home 5 years ago. I was stupid and did not research the company before they destroyed drywall thoughout the house. After the pipes were replaced they informed me that ...
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What should I do about ceiling tiles that potentially contain asbestos?
A family member is considering purchasing a house, built in the Midwestern United States in 1958. In the basement, there are nine inch ceiling tiles on the ceiling. The home inspection mentioned that ...
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Is drilling a pilot hole into the plaster wall of an old house hazardous asbestos?
The house was built in the 20's, and I was installing some battery powered smoke alarms today. I drilled the pilot holes for the plastic screw anchors and the 'A' word jumped into my head after I ...
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Is the vermiculite found in my popcorn ceiling toxic? Can I remove it myself?
I'm planning to remove a "popcorn" ceiling and submitted a ceiling sample to the labs for asbestos testing. Here are the results:
It looks to me like the labs didn't detect any asbestos but I'm ...
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What is the proper way to patch acoustic ceiling after collecting possible asbestos sample?
I want to collect additional samples of an acoustic ceiling for the purpose of having it checked for asbestos. The previous test came back negative but I'm paranoid =)
The procedure as per ...
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Anyone heard of painting asbestos insulation tubes?
We recently had an old furnace inspected and the heating specialist mentioned that he suspected that the heating ducts had asbestos. He suggested painting them as an alternative to expensive removal ...
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Tips To Inspect/ Popcorn ceilings
My wife and I are considering buying a house that was built in the 1960s and has acoustic "popcorn" ceilings. I want to know if there is a cheap, effective way to do a home asbestos test.
I'm still ...
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What is asbestos cement sheet?
How do I tell if I have asbestos cement sheet?
How should I remove an asbestos cement sheet?
